On March 3, 2015, members of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's office Narcotics Division – with the assistance of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division and the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole – conducted a consensual search at the residence of Joe Mooney, 26,of 33701 Duff Road in Walker.

A joint investigation by the 3 above agencies revealed illegal narcotics being sold by Mooney from out of his residence.